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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
GLECKNABAE Glecknabae
Glecknabae
Glecknabae
Glecknabae
Val [Valuation] Roll
Factor
Estate Map
Johnstone's Coy [County] Map
193.15 A large farm steading the property of the Marquis of Bute.
CLATE POINT Clate Point
Clate Point
Clate Point
Estate Map
Mr. Muir Factor
Robert McLachlan Glecknabae
193.15 A rough rocky point on the sea shore a little to the south of Glecknabae farm steading
TUMULUS [Glecknabae] Tumuli
Tumuli
Tumuli
Revd [Reverend] Alexander McBride Kamesburgh
Robert McLachlan Glecknabae
John Crawford Kamesburgh
193.15 This place has been examined by Dr. [Doctor] Schoular, Dublin, Mr. McAdam, Belfast and the Revd [Reverend] Mr. McBride, Kamesburgh, and some stone coffins and human bones were found; The two former Gentlemen wished to test some passages in the Annals of Ulster, or the "Four Masters", relative to three brothers, called McGillichiaran, who left Ireland at an early period, and settled at Glecknabae, The three brothers appear to have been buried here, and possibly their offspring. The Sharps of the West highlands have descended from one of the brothers.

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County of Bute -- Parish of North Bute

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